FireFox Browser tuning

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08-11-2010, 08:52
BadShot

FireFox Browser tuning

I've done this before, but after migrating my work machine to Win7, completely forgot to do it again. Then stumbled across the saved link and thought I'd share. This does work well!

http://www.blogsdna.com/6522/how-to-...ox-browser.htm
08-11-2010, 09:14
Hayes

Did that a few weeks ago, really speeds things up.
08-11-2010, 10:10
Ranger

Good tips, thanks!
08-11-2010, 10:16
Irving

What risks are associated with following these steps?
08-11-2010, 10:26
Byte Stryke

+1
08-11-2010, 10:55
BadShot

none really. There are some web apps ... generally custom business type apps that might be annoyed with some of it, but it's highly unlikely.
08-11-2010, 11:21
Irving

Meh, I already did it. thanks for the link.
08-11-2010, 15:04
Ridge

Thanks, just installed it on my computer at work, and it's slow as hell compared to my long-since tuned version here at home :)
08-11-2010, 15:24
Hoosier

I've been using Firefox for a long time, and it just keeps getting slower. I use the Firebug plugin constantly for work, but increasingly I'm using Chrome for browsing. It's so fast I can often launch chrome and have google loaded before Firefox is done starting up.

H.
08-12-2010, 17:10
Ridge

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hoosier

I've been using Firefox for a long time, and it just keeps getting slower. I use the Firebug plugin constantly for work, but increasingly I'm using Chrome for browsing. It's so fast I can often launch chrome and have google loaded before Firefox is done starting up.

H.

I had to go to another office yesterday to fix a printer that wasn't printing from remote desktop...couldn't figure out why it seemed so familiar....printer was named "Hoosier" [ROFL1]
08-12-2010, 17:33
Hoosier

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ridge

I had to go to another office yesterday to fix a printer that wasn't printing from remote desktop...couldn't figure out why it seemed so familiar....printer was named "Hoosier" [ROFL1]

We get around. Or as I like to say, "It's a great place to be from"

H.
08-12-2010, 17:49
gnihcraes

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hoosier

We get around. Or as I like to say, "It's a great place to be from"

H.

what dad always tells me too... [Beer]
08-13-2010, 06:48
Aloha_Shooter

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hoosier

I've been using Firefox for a long time, and it just keeps getting slower. I use the Firebug plugin constantly for work, but increasingly I'm using Chrome for browsing. It's so fast I can often launch chrome and have google loaded before Firefox is done starting up.

The most secure browsing you can do is Firefox+NoScripts+AdBlock. In addition, I don't trust Google's use of the information they glean from my browsing.
08-13-2010, 07:59
BadShot

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hoosier

I've been using Firefox for a long time, and it just keeps getting slower. I use the Firebug plugin constantly for work, but increasingly I'm using Chrome for browsing. It's so fast I can often launch chrome and have google loaded before Firefox is done starting up.

H.

I just wish Chrome were completely compatible. That browser like FF doesn't do well with ASP based forms and functions. Outside of it's inappropriateness in a corporate environment, it is a hell of a lot faster. I can't wait to see what their Desktop OS looks like!
08-13-2010, 10:04
Hoosier

Quote:

Originally Posted by BadShot

I just wish Chrome were completely compatible. That browser like FF doesn't do well with ASP based forms and functions. Outside of it's inappropriateness in a corporate environment, it is a hell of a lot faster. I can't wait to see what their Desktop OS looks like!

Uh, this isn't very accurate. ASP (Active Server Pages) is a Microsoft server side technology. The output from ASP (or PHP or Ruby etc) is HTML. The browsers all comply with the HTML spec to some degree or other. Chrome and Firefox both do a better job of compliance than Internet Explorer. If your ASP pages are having a problem with Firefox and Chrome, the problem is the author(s) of that program were too lazy to check their site with browsers other than IE. Much more common in the "real world" is people failing to check that their site works with IE, which commonly chokes on things other browsers are able to figure out.

TL;DR -- IE sucks, avoid it at all costs

H.

PS: Chrome OS will look like Chrome browser
08-13-2010, 10:06
Hoosier

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aloha_Shooter

The most secure browsing you can do is Firefox+NoScripts+AdBlock. In addition, I don't trust Google's use of the information they glean from my browsing.

You can control what Google tracks about you here:

https://www.google.com/dashboard/

There is also a plugin for Firefox and Chrome that will disable targeted advertising for you.

H.
08-13-2010, 20:21
XJ

Sounds like some smart people in this thread.

When looking at something like 4chan where there might be "questionable" content from time to time... Is it better to use Firefox with adblock and noscript, or Safari (on a windows machine) with "Private Browsing" enabled?

Yes, I know, that site should be viewed with a cash-purchase used laptop using a linux bootable CD on a borrowed wireless connection while wearing a large-brimmed hat and sunglasses. But it is damned funny.

[Peep]
08-13-2010, 22:10
Ridge

There isnt any spamware or anything on 4chan...I spend a lot of time there, and run malwarebytes, and nothing comes up.

Most of the ads are singles ads like anywhere, or for weird anime stores where you can buy things like boob mouse pads and shit...
08-14-2010, 08:25
gnihcraes

Quote:

Originally Posted by XJ

Sounds like some smart people in this thread.

When looking at something like 4chan where there might be "questionable" content from time to time... Is it better to use Firefox with adblock and noscript, or Safari (on a windows machine) with "Private Browsing" enabled?

Yes, I know, that site should be viewed with a cash-purchase used laptop using a linux bootable CD on a borrowed wireless connection while wearing a large-brimmed hat and sunglasses. But it is damned funny.

[Peep]

just don't buy that laptop in the parking lot downtown...
08-14-2010, 10:23
Irving

I bought my laptop in a parking lot. It was at Flatirons Mall though.
08-15-2010, 07:00
gnihcraes

http://www.denverpost.com/ci_6210627
08-16-2010, 11:20
BadShot

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hoosier

Uh, this isn't very accurate. ASP (Active Server Pages) is a Microsoft server side technology. The output from ASP (or PHP or Ruby etc) is HTML. The browsers all comply with the HTML spec to some degree or other. Chrome and Firefox both do a better job of compliance than Internet Explorer. If your ASP pages are having a problem with Firefox and Chrome, the problem is the author(s) of that program were too lazy to check their site with browsers other than IE. Much more common in the "real world" is people failing to check that their site works with IE, which commonly chokes on things other browsers are able to figure out.

TL;DR -- IE sucks, avoid it at all costs

H.

PS: Chrome OS will look like Chrome browser

Yup, this is a developer related issue, the problem is that the developer is MS. For Corporate use, IE is the general standard. If you're looking to leverage tools such as SharePoint you have to use IE to get full functionality. Hate on Microsoft as much as you like, Reality is the real bitch. This is what bugs be about folks who want to just rail against MS. They are neck deep in the business world, that pesky place so many of us make the money to fund our EBR addiction! Yeah, I get annoyed daily with MS products, but as long as they keep making shit products, I keep making a good paycheck getting them to actually work..
08-16-2010, 12:43
Byte Stryke

Quote:

Originally Posted by gnihcraes

http://www.denverpost.com/ci_6210627

Quote:

The laptop was also used to download pornographic images and movies, according to an arrest affidavit.

They make it sound like he was into something illegal by downloading Porn

Fear Mongers, ugh